Chapter 26 Article 24 Corpse Snatchers

I looked at him after pressing the recording switch: "Why did you steal the body?" The reason for the lighting makes him look a bit gloomy: "I want to make life." Me: "Like a science fiction novel?" He: "I rarely read novels." Me: "Have you read Frankenstein?" He: "I haven't seen it, I know." Me: "Tell me?" He: "A mad scientist made a human form out of dead bodies, a perfect man. When the mad scientist tried to give life to that man with lightning, the lightning was too strong, making the human form ugly and terrifying. In the end, although life was created , is ugly and terrifying, but he has a human heart."

His meekness was beyond my expectation. Me: "Did you get inspired after watching that?" He: "Not inspired by that, I didn't think about that at first." Me: "Then what are you going to do? Isn't it made out of corpses?" He: "Science fiction can be written casually, but it can't be done in practice. Many technical problems are difficult to solve." Me: "For example?" He: "Blood circulation, the work of the heart, the respiratory system, nerve transmission, the activation of capillaries, various glands, nutrient supply... many, those are all problems. So I don't plan to do it by piecing together corpses, because That's not feasible."

Me: "Oh? Since it's useless, how do you explain why you stole the corpse?" He looked up at me: "For experiments." When I first met him, I couldn't believe it. He looked so gentle, even shy and cowardly.And it was this shy and cowardly man who stole at least 20 corpses before he was caught—in half a year.During the police search, many amputated limbs were found in his home, and all the clues point to one point: this should be a perverted necrophilia.But things don't seem to be that simple, there are some doubts.For example, those corpses were not thrown there in a mess, but were clearly marked and classified.Some were also attached to mechanical devices that no one knew what to do.That's what drove me to sit in front of him.I sang like that Elvis Presley song: "A hunting dog..."

Me: "What kind of experiment?" Him: "An experiment to create life." Me: "Yes, I know this, I want to ask how to use those corpses?" Him: "Mechanical experiments." I looked through the information, he is engaged in power machinery, "You mean, you use machinery to connect with creatures?" Him: "Well." Me: "Why? Create more powerful creatures like in sci-fi movies? Or half-human and half-machine?" Him: "Well." Me: "Okay, how do you do it?" He lowered his head and didn't answer. I thought he seemed to reject the question and decided to change the subject.

Me: "Do you have any standards for stealing corpses?" He has." Me: "What kind of standard?" He: "Young man, died within 72 hours." Me: "Do you often go near the hospital? Is the corpse easy to steal?" He: "Most people are more taboo about that kind of place, so they are not very well guarded." Me: "Even if that's the case, it's not that easy to get it out, right?" He: "I have the doctor's overalls, and my forged badge." Me: "Finally transported to the car?" Him: "Well." I found a doubt, but after thinking about it, I decided to wait and ask.

Me: "The corpses in your house... um...the pieces are all used for experiments? Is it related to machinery?" He: "Those are the ones that I use to experiment, that is, through those experiments, I find that the original idea does not work." I think he has the desire to speak: "How did you master this knowledge? There are also experiments, can you tell me about it?" He lowered his head and thought for a while: "At first I had the idea and prepared a bit, then I read some books and various materials, and I decided to do it. But the details are beyond my imagination. Blood circulation not only It can be done only with pressure delivery, and it also needs a capillary network to deliver nutrients to the body. I have tried many times, but I can't do that. I have solved the problem of the nervous system, but there are still no successful examples... ..."

Me: "Stop, what's wrong with the nervous system? How did you solve it?" He: "The nervous system is actually a weak electrical signal. I connect the human nerves with metal wires. If they are electrically stimulated, the limbs will respond. But that response is a conditioned reflex. Because there is no muscle coordination, it can only twitch. , convulsions, that is, the absence of consciously controlled electrical stimulation." I had a horrible picture in my head. He: "So pure electrical stimulation is meaningless to the nerves, and electrical stimulation under the control of the brain will be effective."

Me: "Then how do you simulate the brain? Well, you don't use a program, do you?" He: "It's a program, you're right." Me: "So that's the case... What about other questions?" He: "The blood vessels, especially the capillaries, coagulate after death and form a thrombus, so it is meaningless to use a machine to replace the heart to transport blood. I have tried using leeches to activate blood, and the effect is not very good. Unless... Use fresh corpses." Me: "Well, I get that part, you got caught for that. And what about breathing?"

He: "I propose to completely replace the respiratory system with a mechanical device. Breathing also supplies oxygen, and it also needs blood vessels. So at the beginning, I had a headache for a long time because of the problem of blood vessels. I studied anatomy and read a lot of organic chemistry books, but I think it's hopeless, it's too complicated." Me: "In this way, there are not many parts that can be used in the human body? Most of them have to be replaced by machines?" He: "Almost. Many human bodies are difficult to reactivate, especially the internal organs. I gave up the digestive system from the beginning. It's impossible, it's too complicated."

Me: "Brain, there is no way to replace it with a machine?" He: "I don't plan to replace that with a machine." I decided to ask about that doubt. Me: "Why do you do this? I feel that you are psychologically fine after contacting you, and you are not in a state of insanity, but what you want to do is not normal. Why do you want to create life?" His calm mood fluctuated a little, and the expression on his face began to change.I knew I had caught the key question, and I guessed that there must be something behind this seemingly abnormal behavior as the driving force.

Me: "I guess you're not trying to create life?" He bit his lip and said nothing. Me: "If I'm not mistaken, your experiments, your stealing corpses, your research on organic chemistry and those petri dishes you prepared, and all your attempts are all for resurrection, right?" You can see that his handcuffed hands are shaking a bit. It's me?" He was silent and I waited patiently. After ten minutes, he raised his head.I saw his eyes were a little red. Me: "Is it to revive her?" He nodded.Sure enough, I guessed right. 2 months before he started stealing corpses, his wife died of illness, and everything he did was for her to be resurrected.But I'm waiting for the key question before I'm sure: he's not planning to replace the brain with a computer or a program. Me: "From what you just said, I guess you keep your wife's brain, right?" He restrained his emotions: "You're right, I did keep her brain. I know that people have brain death, but I still have a glimmer of hope. Maybe you think I'm crazy, but I use weak electricity When the brain of the test subject was stimulated, I saw that the test subject’s eyes opened. Although they seemed to have no vision, they just looked straight ahead, but they did open. I admit that I was frightened that time, but I also I see hope. I think maybe one day I can actually revive her." Me: "How did you know each other? It's been a long time?" He sighed softly: "Twelve years, since I went to college, the first time I saw her, I liked her. Later she also told me that she liked me at first sight. For so many years, we have never left Each other. I know what I'm doing, and I know it looks kinky and crazy. But I can't help but try, and I think there might be hope. I want to give myself the chance to live Courage, I want to give her another life, I think she can live, no matter what it looks like, as long as it is her..." Seeing him muttering there, I felt like something was blocked in my chest and I couldn't breathe. Me: "What if it really resurrected? You, what do you do?" His eyes were moist: "I don't know. I just want her to come back. I don't think about anything else." After that time, I stayed up all night sorting out the information and handing it over to the psychiatrist friend who was in charge of the appraisal. I hope these can help him in sentencing.Although I knew it was probably futile, I stayed up all night doing it out of emotion.The friend didn't say anything, just took it, and told me to pay attention to rest. After this incident, I always wanted to write him, or them, into novels. I sat in front of the computer for a long time several times, but the article was still blank.I don't know how to write it, and I don't know how to describe it.For me, it's hard. Before she died, she took his hand: "I don't want to leave you." He held back his tears and held her hand tightly: "I belong to you forever."